April 10, 2017
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
A Brooklyn federal judge on Friday cast doubt on an expected push by Barclays PLC to dismiss the U.S. Department of Justice’s case accusing the British bank and two former employees of deceiving investors about the quality of $31 billion … Continue reading
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April 7, 2017
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
Once per quarter the Securities and Exchange Commission surveys consumers to receive feedback regarding their access to credit. This quarter consumers reported feelings of discouragement when applying for credit; however, the agency found a decrease in credit applications and denials. … Continue reading
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April 6, 2017
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Tank Roundup
The CEO of one of America’s largest and most influential banks has called for significant changes to the FHA’s mortgage rules. Many of the mortgage rules now in place came after America’s financial crisis. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase … Continue reading
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April 5, 2017
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Small and Medium Multifamily Housing Units: Affordability, Distribution, and Trends, An, Bostic, Jakabovics, Orlando, and Rodnyansky. Spillover Risks in REITs and Other Asset Markets, Chiang, Kittle, Sing, and Tsai Institutional Property-Type Herding in Real Estate Investment Trusts, Lantushenko and Nelling … Continue reading
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April 4, 2017
Tuesday’s Regulatory & Legislative Roundup
After studying the housing crisis of the early 2000’s, Congress created the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to protect U.S. citizens from poor and damaging practices of the American financial institutions. In early 2017, the Trump Administration questioned the constitutionality of … Continue reading
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April 3, 2017
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
The J.A. Green Development Corp. is dissatisfied with the services provided by their previous legal and accounting team. The real estate development company sued both their legal and accounting teams due to alleged misguidance regarding their prior tax practices. Trump … Continue reading
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March 31, 2017
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
Jordan Rappaport of the Federal Reserve of Kansas City in a paper titled Crowdedness, Centralized Employment, and Multifamily Home Construction, identifies several characteristics that account for a large share of the variation in multifamily construction across metropolitan areas during 2013-15. … Continue reading
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